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Llama 3.3 70B vs Mistral Medium (latest)

Llama 3.3 70B (Meta) and Mistral Medium (latest) (Mistral) side by side: what each costs per million tokens through Rapid Router, how much context each takes, what each supports, and where independent benchmarks place them. Same API, same key; switching is a one-string change.

Llama 3.3 70BMistral Medium (latest)
Input price per 1M$1.04$1.50
Output price per 1M$1.04$7.50
Context window128K tokens262K tokens
Max output4K tokens262K tokens
Input typestexttext, image
Capabilitiestoolstools, JSON, vision, reasoning
AuthorMetaMistral

What a month costs on each

WorkloadLlama 3.3 70BMistral Medium (latest)
Chatbot month (15M in, 4M out)$19.76$52.50
RAG month (40M in, 3M out)$44.72$82.50
Coding month (60M in, 10M out)$72.80$165.00

On a typical 75/25 input-output mix, Llama 3.3 70B costs less (about 65% less than Mistral Medium (latest)). Mistral Medium (latest) takes the longer prompt at 262K tokens. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.

Call either one

curl https://rapidrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAPIDROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'

# the other one: change the model string
  -d '{"model": "mistralai/mistral-medium", ...}'

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.3 70B or Mistral Medium (latest)?

Llama 3.3 70B is cheaper on a typical mix of 75% input and 25% output tokens, by about 65%. Through Rapid Router both are billed at the provider list price per million tokens.

Which has the larger context window?

Mistral Medium (latest), at 262K tokens. Llama 3.3 70B offers 128K tokens.

Can I switch between Llama 3.3 70B and Mistral Medium (latest) without changing code?

Yes. Both are callable at https://rapidrouter.ai/api/v1 with the same OpenAI-compatible request; only the model string changes (meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b or mistralai/mistral-medium).

How do I pay for Llama 3.3 70B or Mistral Medium (latest)?

Top up a Rapid Router balance by card in US dollars, and both models debit that balance per request.

More Llama models: Meta API pricing · More Mistral: Mistral API pricing